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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
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^xhibitor, as he lias fewer plants to select from. I suppose that it must 
he laid down in some way or other to the season, as I have heard of it 
from all quarters, so that it was quite independent of culture, and can 
only he accounted for by that great cause of all our gan^ening woes—the 
weather. 
All these causes tended to make the Exhibition not up to the average, 
but now we turn to the brighter side of the picture, and I think the 
most noticeable point in it was the high position attained by Mr. Hen- 
wood of Eeading. His set of twelve was a most admirable one ; the 
flowers were of the best varieties and excellent in character, the 
plants in the best of health, and in many instances the stems would 
have held themselves upright without any support. All the flowers 
in his stand were very refined in character, and it is noticeable 
that it contained three of my late good friend Mr. Woodhead’s 
seedlings, but I hope to say more on this subject by-and-by. Anyone 
who looks through the list of prizes given in the last number of the 
Journal will bo able to estimate the excellence of culture which Mr. 
Henwood pursues. He swept the board, and yet bis collection is a 
small one, not consisting of more than 120 blooming plants. Mrs. 
Dpdwell (Woodhead’s) was shown in excellent condition, and so 
was Mrs. Potts, which I think at present we must pronounce to be 
the best self out. The course of many seedlings is, however, erratic. 
Heroine has been very disappointing this year, and the blooms 
exhibited of it were not by any means equal to those one has seen before. 
Another noticeable point was the prominent position taken by Mr. 
Simonite’s flower, the Eev. F. D. Horner, unquestionably the best green 
edge we have in cultivation; its tube is better than Prince of Greens, and 
its paste than Colonel Taylor, while in constitutional vigour it excels both. 
Not only was it the prominent green edge in most of the winning stands, 
but in the single plant competition it secured five oirt of the eight 
prizes, amongst them being the first, second, and third, a strong testi¬ 
mony to its value. Mr. Henwood had the only seedling exhibited, a very 
promising green edge (Mrs. Henwood), with light green edge, heavy 
body colour, not running into the edge, and a first-rate tube ; it is one 
of a class in which we are especially short, and although some have from 
time to time put in their claims, they have after awhile gone into 
the rear guard—such as Talisman, and such, I fear, will Monarch. 
George Lightbody maintains his position as the leading grey edge, 
and although not so numerously or so well exhibited as in former 
years, was in some instances well shown. Mr. Henwmod’s plant of it was 
the premier of the show, and in the single class four out of the eight prizes 
were awarded to ' his variety. Eivals to this fine flower have from time 
to time arisen, tut he has simply benevolently smiled at them. They 
have done their best, poor things, but they can no more equal him than 
could the frog blow himself out to the size of the bull. In white edges 
another someuhat limited class, for so-called white edges run into greys, 
and are hardly to be distinguished from them. Eead’s Acme still 
maintains its position, four out of the eight prizes for single whites 
being taken.by ir, although the first went to a very fine plant of .John 
SimonitC, a very fine flower no doubt, but a plant of a most delicate 
constitution, slow* to increase, the very reverse of Acme, whose fault is 
thatiit will so often break off into breeding, instead of forming a large 
plant, as does Conservative, which seems to be one of its progeny. It 
is possible after what we saw of Mrs. Dodwell that it may, when it 
becomes better known and more generally distributed, take the place 
Assigned to Acme. It is of good constitution, and not slow to increase. 
The older varieties which we used to cherish—Glory, Smiling Beauty, 
and True Briton seem almost forgotten, although some of us old boys 
cherish them for the past memories they call up. 
As I have already said, the absence of the northern growers was very 
regretable, as we southerners not only missed the geni.al presence of 
Messrs. Horner, Barlow and others, and the pleasant chat we are wont 
to have with them about our pets ; but we should have very much liked 
to have seen the champion pitted against our soirthern champion, 
Mr. Henwood, who ran him very close last year, and I think that it 
w’ould have been very difficult for Mr. Horner to have beaten the twelve 
shown by Mr. Henwood this year. 
Another pleasant matter about the Show' was that it evidences the 
spread of the taste for the Auricula in the south ; it has been a long 
time coming, but at last we seem to be nearing land. The prizes were 
all taken by southern growers, and Eeading especially seems to supply a 
goodly band of amateurs, and their succe.ss this year will perhaps 
encourage them to further efforts. I see, too, an improved notion of 
what Auriculas ought to be, and a higher standard of excellence is set 
up; There was a time when growers thought the bigger they got a truss 
and the larger and coarser the individual flowers were, the more excellent 
was the culture, while great flopping leaves were looked upon as another 
proof of goed cultivation. This era has, we hope, passed, and that 
refinement, shaue and quality will be in future more rcganled than great 
size.—D., Deal. 
Eibes SANGUINEUM.— The common form of “ Flow'cring Currant ” 
is more profuse than I ever remember seeing before, due, probably, 
to the exceptionally warm and dry months of September and October, 
which did much towards ripening the wood of plants like this, dependent 
upon the previous season’s growth for the next year’s crop of flow'ers. 
Where a bush of this Eibes is allowed space to develop in a natural 
manner its growth on a lawn it is charming. Failing this convenience, 
if planted in a clump of about five at the back of the shrubbery a fine 
<lisplay is assured during the month of April if space is allowed for the 
free growth, for which this Eibes is conspicuous.—E. 
The Single Banksian Eose (Eosa Banksi^). 
The double Banksian is familiar to many admirers of the smaller 
varieties of Eoses, but the single type is much less frequently seen, 
although its graceful habit should render it a favourite. No apology is 
therefore needed for the introduction of the appended woodcut (figT'fi.i) 
and notes. A correspondent at Stoke-on-Trent favoured us early in the 
present month with the following letter 
‘‘ Enclosed please find three sprays of the single Banksian Eose about 
FIG. 65.—THE SINGLE BANKSIAN EOSE (ROSA BANKSIiE). 
which I wrote you a short time since, and I hope they will reach you in 
good condition. I may add that by the kindness of Messrs. Paul & Son 
of Cheshunt this Eose was identified at Kew some three or four years 
ago as the true single Banksian Eose, but since that time my plant has 
not flowered until now.— J. W. Dunn.” 
The specimens arrived fairly fresh, and from them our artist prepared 
a sketch reproduced in the engraving. Strangely enough the currept 
issue of the “ Botanical Magazine ” gives a coloured plate and full 
historical account of this interesting Eose from the pen of Sir Joseph 
Hooker, and from this we take the liberty of making the following 
extract 
“ Under the description of Eosa multiflora I mentioned that I hoped 
soon to figure in this work another Eose that had long been known in 
cultivation, but only in late years in its. single state, E. Banksim. 
Thanks to the Eev. Canon Ellacombe I am now able to do this; and 
though I have nothing absolutely novel to add to the history of this 
